38)A Republic of Inhospitality
India Republic Day -- Since India celebrates Republic Moment and the chests of numerous Indians swell with pride at the thought of our tremendous diversity and imagined navy prowess it is well to reflect on what kind of Republic the has become. A republican type of government is not merely one out of which the head of point out is not a hereditary monarch; rather the modern republic rests on the idea that sovereignty resides in the people and that the will of the testers as expressed through their own representatives is supreme. What has however been crucial to the idea of the republic everywhere is the notion associated with inclusiveness. In this respect the experiences that have been coming out of India recently tell a tale that is chilling to the bones a tale which will leaves behind a stench which no amount of sloganeering in relation to Swachh Bharat or even some thing more than a symbolic wielding in the broom can eradicate. If inclusiveness is the touchstone of an Republic